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Kurile Islands - 1990

Kurile Islands - 1990

Jacek Pałkiewicz
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adamant position was maintained for a long period of time, that no territorial dispute had ever existed.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in April 1991, at the time of the visit of then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to Japan, the Japan-Soviet Joint Communique issued expressly mentioned the Islands of Habomai, Shikotan, Etorofu, and Kunashir. Furthermore, in the Communique, it was agreed that the peace treaty should be the document marking the final resolution of war-related issues, including the territorial issue and that work to conclude the preparation of a peace treaty would be accelerated. In September 1992, the Joint Compendium of Document on the History of Territorial Problems between Japan and Russia was released simultaneously in both countries.

In October 1993, Russian President Boris Yeltsin visited Japan, and after negotiating with then Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, the Tokyo Declaration was signed. The Declaration established the clear basis for negotiations toward an early conclusion of a peace treaty through the solution of the territorial issue on the basis of historical and legal facts and based on the documents produced with the two countries' agreement as well as on the principles of law and justice. Since then, the Tokyo Declaration has been repeatedly confirmed as the basis of the development of bilateral relations between the two countries.

At the time of visit of First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Oleg Soskovets to Japan in November 1994, both sides confirmed the intention of the two countries to proceed consistently even further for the early conclusion of a peace treaty, based on the Tokyo Declaration.

In April 1996, on the occasion of the Moscow Nuclear Safety Summit, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and President Boris Yeltsin had a meeting to discuss bilateral questions, Russia' s reform course, and international issues, which was successful in creating a ...